CSC News

September 27, 2017

IBM Supports Shen’s Research on IBM Commercial Compilers

Xipeng Shen,
Associate Professor of Computer Science at NC State, was awarded $22,500 by IBM Canada Limited for his most recent
project entitled “Cognitive Computing-Based Compilation”. The award runs from
January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, and will use IBM Watson-like
computer engines to improve the results of IBM commercial compilers. The
commercial compilers used are XLC/C++ and XLFortran. Both compilers are used
frequently at the University. The project, which supports his student, Yue Zhao,
will also enable intelligent compilation service on cloud.